Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-12
eEYErAL ornER nPEEcHEs.

learning and capacity OF the distinguished
lawyers by whom this great work has been per-
fecied.n
SEVERAL OTHER ePEEcHEs.
NJ. Hsrrls (colored), Of Dinwiddle, rose TO
ask why the Code should be passed AZ this Sc
sion Il tie rext Legislature could "a easily 90
"oh, veu.n answered Mr.. Munford, I'VE
don't know Of whom the next Legislature VIII
he composed
Nr. Porter, Of Portsmouth. said he was sorry
70 oppose tie passage OF this new Code lie
clnimed tha; Il made grave blunier IN the
scCtiCn IN reference 10 city delinquent taxes
BE said that In the Code we're laws In reference
| 20 thcse taxes which had never been IN any
oct psesed by the General Assembly,. ne was
forced to vote against this bill because ~ de-
| prvcd the city Of Portsmouth aud other cities
Of their chartered privileges In several re-
spects BY the Code the STATE Treasurer
will SOL the property OF persons Tor delin-
quent taxes Of the city. Tho state and city
| taxes should be kopt separate
Mr. stuart Of Alexandria (Alr. Cardwell In
| the chair, said in reply TO some remarks
| from the other sido about "railrOadingn this
| bill through that repeated overtures had been
| made 20 tie Republicans, which, II accepted
would have prevented tho scenes OF the pre'o.
| ding night. But they were not accepted, aud
| Tie consequence was the House sat While sue
| rcndiOg Of the Code was absurlly procccded
| with. Mr Stuart said the Code should DC
| adopted, and 70 would stand as monument
! whom the Legislature Of lSBS7 had fadel into
the OF scurity ofthe past II would be a molu-
| mcnt 10 tho Democratic party, "for' con
tinUcd be, no one man OK set OF men car re-
strain fhc Democracy I'm their determined e.
forts 10 settle the state debt and adopt tho ~
1 yised Code. We have tried 20 do one, and W
are going to DO the other" lApplause.l
| Mr.. artn Kcpubhcanl Cf Norfolk county,
| gaid he opposod the Code because it contained
| Ito Mccormick oiecdOn bil, and because tn8
| bill was not read in The way 10 allow amonl-
! incnts 20 be oncrod-C Ro in rartcuer. whi al
J he desired % strike oGt-tne present clccitoo
| 'aN 10 opposed II. too, tocalae the b11iiu@
laG In IL was rcpr0batel, ne claimed, b. all go
ifnkc nv ~ The stale. The reading OF shc Oi'i
| BE- dcelct atcd as fgrco.
Nr MAYO RcpUliiCan', of WessInofciani.
eaid be thought tho Get tloman ironl AlcHlH-
dria thr. STarD had lot done fairly D. tn'
minority FCr himself. he iii 'eTed witL h,a
Iauy M con Uel.nc the ollnic.t sce3ioa. lie
| could not understand how Tho code could be- o
wonulacnt 90 party when ia Gi'ocatos hai
LOt reno ii.
Nr. Bur.s to'5'cf Rcpgh'icesl. Of Diuvli.
| Cit, HaIiCc TIE Code % 20 10 the noxt Legi--
latuio ard to nc people ceiore bong adopted.
To ii ought the czcLse iO pass 10 row iil'naJ.
Mr. iul-. uOu. OF Washington. vas opposed
| 10 The Ta.saro of tlo Code. he claimed tha; il
many features tie laws o. tle IommenWr1tl
| fau ccr Cuascula'ad. T." particularly DO
p.rrrd rho NOW law introduced iu the Code l.
reference 20 ne sac OF GDlinGUout lands
REMARKS or NE. BUCHANAN.
Nr. Buchanan. Of Washington. rose and said:
| ~ e. iairmau 0f tne committee on the pars az
this House which reported the bill under con-
ddcratiCn. deem II proper that should make
a very brioi statement 10 defence of the bill
| ard tire report of the committee.
| We recommended that the revised COdc
! should q adopted az n whole without amend
| mcnt-nOt because We thought it was perfett.
| We know that thcro are lnpcrieciiOus Iu 1t, %
| are in % ne worS- ol man. zach member 0l
| your con- mittcc would have miic sOfle changes
| in /, 81 hc he'd nad the timo 5ut, a. an cutirc-
| o.. YOU, committee were satisfied thai the
| woik Nc- Wcil Guue, ana we, therefore, unali-
| uCus!y % proved it and recommended % tho
! ttlofcl Assem- -iy tha. IL should be adopted,
| ir Cur opinion, without change or amendment
| Ne NcIDfaii. lCi thai the proposed Cole, With
| rs iwTeritc,i1us-anG 'hey are by no means
| So humorous ga gentlemen who Oppose IT,
| acc fiiou seem to tlinE-is much better CoI'
| tlnu ir.s house. win all Gc.crcuce 20 IL, could
| Wgfc.
| mo reviacrs were well equipped for thei-
| work. Two n them had administered the law
| Of this Commonwealth for many years a.
| Judges in H. highest courts WitE very grcc'
| satisfaction to ITS people and honor 10 thom-
1 selves. Tho other fresh from the bar, brOugh
10 the discharge Of his duties a large expo-
| licncc. g very high order or ability, and an un
! sweryiur integrity.
| II orch member Of this House was as VOL
| qualified for sUcn work "a the rovisers, We
| could not make 80 good Code amidst tho
| LCiso and C0riusiOu OF this House In tne fcH
| weeks allowed us for such work as the rcyiscr
! who have worked a. the revision ms-t iaho
| uously and taiufuliy tor two and naf year
ga tie quiet Oi .heir studies and oiiico. aud Tiu
| tinc 90 review ana perfect tneic wcrN.
| tor these reasons we rcccmmendel 10 IN
| ECuse t.at III 0urC,iuiOn ID would n0 unTis
| oaUenEt q revision in tho House being salts
| fed q NJ any revision winch the H0use could
| make i'm i- lim.lcd time WouH not inn 1l5+n thc
| tCCc. I'D fI.lI uOat i'.o--D.s ,aah" Dr. -'|.,e
| Ir MS r iniOu we arc fus'pinel b. th' urece-
| dents OF she Con scc5a oi the United states. Gna
| q tho General tssctgily Of ClmOst CNcry -taur
| in the niCl. Tho GCrcrGl Assembly Of thi-
| cistc tried a different course with the Code o.
| 1879. auc spent ~ rs revision more than sis
! mCuiEs tine and $4,000 ~ money wlthOa
| mirroring ii 10, 3D. fuci making 10 worse.
1Ee question is asked, Nhy do you not pa
! thc C0dO into eject before February /, 1888, 2r
why DO tOu rot Walt hut!! ine ueIt session Oi Ia"
| General Assembly:
twill iaEc two months or more 10 make the
| index. ugrgiLal reference. oc, aud get the
! Code ready for ihe printer Ii rill take threc
: mClfbs tle printer SAYS. TO print properly
! twO months q ina. AMI onc month 10 distI-
! Lutte it % the or GERS OF tie State. This wilt
| iGIo until Janunry l.ss. IN addition 90 th
| TIE next General Assembly VIII have been IL
| session two months before 10 goes INTO eN8c'
| so that There would be ample opportunity go
! correct amy crrS's or iurcriections no II. Ihr
| code of INig Ga nC5 so into effect until more
than ten mo: ;h, afterit5 GdOption
| II the EdD .ou ~ Tie Colo ~ put oi untli
| reyt winter tlcu l. cannot 80 iutO elect for
| more ttun ono aud hall years from this time
! and thys tae great evil, which the revision Wa,
| inicGctd 20 reinc ~, Will continue tina. much
| longer. We all know that u O1ghs % 30 into
| effect NJ tLo very earliest pra ticable day. Tho
| statutes Cf THIS state are scattered through
! more thRn thirty yolUwcs Lawyers and judge
| 90 not know what the law H. nor exactly gucro
| 10 find n. How. then, can me people AM tEt
| justices understand ~ our duty 20 all classes
requires us, A. seems to me, to adopt 10 at on,o
AMI Without amcndment becGuse by 30 DONG
We vii get better Code IL will cost us much les,
| time and money, and we Will get it at an car
| ier Cay. is adoption should not bo opposed
| upon Political grounds Neither the rcVise-i
| Lor your committee wore influenced by pOiitl-
4 cal Considerations in the slightest II making or
| reporting the Code. There Is no political legl5'
| lllon iu II except what Is now upon the statute
! books. ! trust it will bo the pleasure Of This
| House 90 adopt the Code. ard thus enable our
| people Of all classes 10 know what tho lag De-,
| aud remedy Tho great evil under which we have
| teen suffering 20 long.
| gir Hoy. Of Madison. called the pending quos-
| ton. Agreed to-Hyss, So; noes, Il.
| The Code was thcn adOpteoby the House by
| tLe following recorded vote:
AYFs.- Meesrs. Arnold, BoharHan. BOlen,
Brown, Buchanan, Burks, Cardweu, Chalmers,
| ChiCreas Coruot, CrismOnd, Dabney, Darst
| Dickelson. Downing, Dunlop. Dupuy, East
wood. tchols. Fontress Figgat, Abrsm falker-
| sCn, l. u. FulkersOn, Gead, Hay, HOge. Eolla-
| eay, huffman. johnson. c. T. jordan, Leit-
wCh, Lightner LOckett, Loving, Miller, Nun
lord. NOblln. Peters, ICllGf4. IoWel, hices
Roberts. Row, Ryan, Saunders, Schoolheli,
| Starke. TaliafouO. Iayenrer Terry, Van Do
rar, WescOtt, wilkins. snd Mr. Speaker
NOEs.-Messrs. Acker, Addington, Bandy,
Eollng. Borum. Gills. Harris, Hurt McCand-
lisb. McClintic, Martin, Mathews. MaucK, Mayo,
Nance, Porter, 1horne 1illar, Turner, and
Waddill.
A motion 70 reconsider was passed by.
CoUToYs FOR IDEETIgIcATrog.
The following House bill was passed:
Le IL srQcted byt he GtHfrGi assembly ~ Tir-
r,nia, That II any officer OF this State receive
except for verihcauOn and identiacaiol) any
paVer Or instrument purportlng TO be q coupon
detached from q bond of this STATE, for any
taxes debt, dues, or demands duo the State
until the same shalt have been yerifiol in the
modo prescribed by law. ne shall be deemed
guilty Of q midemeanOr, and upon conviction
II all 10 hncd for eat offence not less than
Sit0nOr more than $1,000
This act shall be In force from lts passage.
Plates AsD BONDS.
The Joint resolution % destroy the plates and
bonds Of The Kendall Bank-Note Company
next came up.
Dir. CardVell, Of Hanover, spoke strongly in
favor o. the measure. lie said that the bonds
were already in the possession OF the Capitol
officers, and that the Kendall Company wOull
consent to TIE destruction Of the plates without
reference 70 their claim against the state.
Mr. Martin, OF Norfolk, was opposed 70 pass
inc fle rCsOlutiOu. among other reasons b.